Investment for Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is an investment issue. Capital is needed to alleviate poverty, create jobs, accelerate the clean energy transition and allow for the development of much-needed infrastructure to provide goods and services for all. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an important source of that capital.
But investment does not come without risks. How can we ensure investments are made responsibly, without harming people, the environment or the local economy?
IISD works with governments and civil society to develop and improve legal and policy tools focusing on the critical linkage between investment and sustainable development. We look for and provide new approaches to ensure that investment law and policy advance environmentally sound investment that generates broad socioeconomic benefits. In particular, IISD experts examine how the rules and institutions that govern international investment flows can be improved to benefit developing countries.
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Sustaining Mining Investments in the Evolving Context of Sustainable Development
In April 2013 the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Global Environmental Institute convened a workshop in Beijing...
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International Investment Law at a Crossroads: What role for China?
On April 24, 2013, IISD, together with its local partner Global Environmental Institute, convened a roundtable workshop entitled "International...
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Investment Treaty News Quarterly, Volume 3, Issue 4, June 2013
In this issue:Smart Flexibility Clauses in International Investment Agreements; The Quest for Commodities: Chinese Investment in Farmland;...
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Reconceptualizing International Investment Law: Its role in sustainable development
This essay provides an overview of the evolution of international investment treaties since their origins in 1959.It focuses on the purposes, goals...
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Assessing Investment Incentives in Malawi
This paper discusses the costs and benefits of Malawi's efforts to induce private investment, particularly the economic incentives that the...
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Incentives for Renewable Energy in Southern Africa: Case study of Zambia
Energy markets around the world face many challenges. Conventional supplies of fossil fuel reserves are becoming increasingly scarce, leading to...
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Age of Macroinvestment
Macro investment is the practice of large-scale, inter-governmental financing providing a framework for project-level investing, particularly in...
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Investment Treaty News Quarterly, Volume 3, Issue 3, March 2013
In this issue:A Distinction Without a Difference? The Interpretation of Fair and Equitable Treatment Under Customary International Law by...
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IISD Best Practices: Compensation for Expropriation
This paper analyzes the principles governing compensation for expropriation, as well as the primary methods of calculating the amount.
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IISD Best Practices Series: Registration and Approval Requirements in Investment Treaties
This paper analyzes registration and approval requirements for investments in investment treaties, and examines the interpretation of such provisions by arbitral tribunals.
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